Fishing Report, updated for May 9, 2014

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By Darrell Taylor

The Lake News Online

By Darrell Taylor

Posted May. 8, 2014 at 8:00 PM

By Darrell Taylor

Posted May. 8, 2014 at 8:00 PM

Lake of the Ozarks

The lake level was 657.6; plans call for minimum generation and depending on rainfall and generating demands, the lake should rise to 657.9 by the weekend. Plans are to reach 659.0 by Memorial Day. Surface temperature at Bagnell Dam was 58 degrees; tributary temperatures were 56 to 62 degrees. Truman Lake is at normal pool.

CRAPPIE – Most have spawned, a few fish are coming in again. Bagnell Dam Tailwater: Good in the morning only, try medium minnows Lower Osage: Fair to good, try chartreuse colored Blakemore Road Runner Crappie Thunder jigs 8 to 10-feet deep along gravel shorelines. Glaize Arm: Fair to good, try small jerkbaits fished around boat docks. Gravois Arm: Fair to good, try small jerkbaits or blue-and-white jigs around docks. Mid-Lake: Excellent from the shoreline out to 8 feet of water. Niangua Arm: Fair to good, try jigs with Road Runner heads with blue-and-chartreuse Kalin’s curly tail grubs or small jerkbaits. Upper Osage: Fair to good on jigs or minnows on pebble banks. Osage 60 MM: Fair to good, try single-tail grubs, or jigs or minnows under a slip bobber.

Page 2 of 2 - PADDLEFISH (SPOONBILL) – Snagging season ended 4/30/14.

WALLEYE – No reported fish.

WHITE AND HYBRID BASS – Try jerkbaits before dawn in spring-fed areas; after that try chicken liver or cut shad fished on the bottom or in the tailwaters of both dams.

BLUEGILL – Very good to excellent around docks or submerged brush, try mealworms or Berkley Gulp worm pieces.

NOTE: The Lower Osage is from the dam to the 22-mile mark; Mid-Lake is between the 22 and 38-mile marks; the Upper Osage is between the 38 and 55-mile marks; the Osage 60 MM is between the 55-mile mark and the 89-mile mark; and the 89 MM is between the 89 MM and the Rt. 65 Bridge.